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ON the cusp of earning a shot at the biggest payday in golf, Steven Bowditch must be the most famous Bubble Boy since that Seinfeld character.

Having turned around a season from hell with a late-season form revival, the Peregian Beach pro teed up in the PGA Tour's final regular-season event of the year this morning on the points cut-off mark for the lucrative FedEx Cup playoffs.

The top 125 players qualify for the first of four FedEx Cup events this year, with the overall winner pocketing a cool $US10 million.

Bowditch's position on the points table has resulted in him being labelled the "bubble boy".

It has been reported that he should advance to the first FedEx event, The Barclays, if he finishes inside the top 55 this week.

Bowditch will have entered the Wyndham Championship - the last regular-season tournament - in a good head space, given he has secured his 2014 Tour card.

The recently turned 30-year-old is 112th on the money list with $665,511.

The top 125 keep full exemption for 2014.

Given the top 100 qualify for the second FedEx event, the Deutsche Bank Championship, he needs to capture a heap of points at The Barclay.

The FedEx field is eventually reduced to the top 30 for the final event, the Tour Championship.

Bowditch's former swing coach, Tewantin Noosa Golf Club pro Shane Healey, said: "He's got to hit the ground running, so to speak, and go from there.

"Prior to his last tournament, where he missed the cut, he had 12 out of 13 rounds under 70, so it was a pretty good run."

After gaining his 2013 Tour card through the demanding Qualifying School, Bowditch turned his season around when he tied for second at the Greenbrier Classic in July.

His best-ever result arrested a dreadful form slump, when he had missed the cut in nine of 16 events prior to the tournament.

US-based Bowditch, who turned pro in 2001, has battled severe depression in the past.

He has been a feature on the world's No.1 tour for several years, but struggled to play consistently and keep his card.